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Words: Ali Menzies Once again Youngo managed to organise the fine event that is Killing the Kirk. These are the sort of events that Skateboard Scotland is all about. Events that are run for the scene by the scene. This is what we want to see more of. Youngo did …
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Words: Stu Hill I awoke on the Saturday with a bounding headache, the memorys of my friends wedding a little bit fuzzy due to the free wine on offer. I got my lazy back-side out of bed and headed to Kirkcaldy skatepark and I was glad I did, the sun …
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Words / Pictures: Joe Coleman / Craig Mitchell The start of a promising Summer of Skateboarding in Aberdeen was marked this week with two epic days of wood and wheels carnage. June 21st was recognized around the globe as “International Go Skateboarding Day” and Aberdeen was no exception. Despite the …
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June 21st brings about the 'official holiday of skateboarding' - GO SKATEBOARDING DAY. This global event has been happening since 2004, the Go Skateboarding Day website explains it as: Go Skateboarding Day (GSD), held on June 21, is the official holiday of skateboarding. The holiday began June 21, 2004 as …
Words: Ali Menzies Photos: Dale Harper, Zee Yule First up are my apologies for this report taking so long to get written up. Bit of confusion at our end and a lot of other stuff going on. Well here it is at long last! There's also a couple of Photo …
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Words: Ali Menzies Photos: Zee Yule Uphall Skate park opened up about a month ago. Uphall is about a 7 minute drive from Livi or a 20 minute drive from Edinburgh. This is a nice wee park that makes good use of the available space for the park. Its on …
Unit 23 Skatepark was featured on the BBC website on Sunday 22nd April in an article titled "Hand-built skate park cuts crime". Read the article on the BBC site here...
Transition Skatepark and Extreme Sports Centre in Aberdeen will open it's doors to the public at 10am on Saturday 15th April: Join us for tour of the centre, for a chance to try climbing, skate or BMX....or just a coffee in the great Energy Cafe. Northsound Radio broadcasting live from …
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Words: Ali Menzies Photos: Rick Curran, Neil Currie It was like going to Disneyland. I couldn't really sleep for the excitement that the next day was going to bring. Well that was what it was like for me and Euan anyway. We had all been looking forward to getting up …
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Sibs from Focus and his wife announced the birth of their baby girl Molly! Molly was born on the 28th March at 10.33am, weighing 8lbs 1oz and has a full head of hair. Both parents are over the moon!